Re: Thank God for Basenotes! A haven from the madness.

Thank you and everyone here on BN for the thoughtful, considerate post and the constant influx and indeed haven of benevolence, but also enthusiasm, camaraderie, wit and erudition way beyond fragrances alone steadily enriching but also enriched by this fascinating community.

Re: Thank God for Basenotes! A haven from the madness.

Originally Posted by ChuckW

Just very thankful for this pleasant diversion from the real world right now.

Amen!

Remember that while it is perfectly acceptable to criticize the content of a post - criticizing the poster is not.
Mean spirited, nasty, snide, sarcastic, hateful, and rude individuals on Basenotes don't warrant or deserve my or other Basenoters' acknowledgement or respect.

Re: Thank God for Basenotes! A haven from the madness.

Originally Posted by Ken_Russell

Thank you and everyone here on BN for the thoughtful, considerate post and the constant influx and indeed haven of benevolence, but also enthusiasm, camaraderie, wit and erudition way beyond fragrances alone steadily enriching but also enriched by this fascinating community.

Re: Thank God for Basenotes! A haven from the madness.

Originally Posted by Ken_Russell

Thank you and everyone here on BN for the thoughtful, considerate post and the constant influx and indeed haven of benevolence, but also enthusiasm, camaraderie, wit and erudition way beyond fragrances alone steadily enriching but also enriched by this fascinating community.

Darn tootin. There are some cool discussions here, but more importantly there’s a lotta good people.

Re: Thank God for Basenotes! A haven from the madness.

It's not a new devil. It is just a purely scientific matter, that's all, no right, no wrong, no intent, no purpose. Just a disease nobody as yet is resilient to.

The news does amplify it all, that's for sure. Big time!

It is selective to be put off by some news stories though, there are shootings left right and centre, people dying as a result of poverty and politics, abuse, murders... in the end, it is in the news a lot, but wanting a distraction from the news is as easy as turning it off. You'd be turning off something that has killed not that many people in the run of things.

There are all sorts of awful things going on all the time that we actually can stop, but don't. Looking away from coronvirus news is just looking away from another type of news that people look away from every single day.

Plus, REMEMBER that covid-19 is just a mild viral illness for most !!!

Re: Thank God for Basenotes! A haven from the madness.

I created a mathematical model of the spread of the disease, based on an MIT model used for the SARS Flu epidemic in the early 00's. Yes, maybe 1 third or more of the population of many countries will be infected. But the mortality rate is around 3%.....and it is mainly very old people or people with other life-threatening diseases who will die. Just like regular flu, which can be fatal to these groups. Here's the model:

Re: Thank God for Basenotes! A haven from the madness.

It really is a nice reprieve. I still can't believe I'm reading and posting (mostly reading) about fragrances. Totally unexpected new area of interest that only opened up when I happened to stumble upon BN. Big hats off to all the interesting and knowledgable posters.

Re: Thank God for Basenotes! A haven from the madness.

I have a cough, sore throat, I think its just a cold. But, as it is, I have completely lost my sense of smell. Very wierd. Im completely nose blind to even like Vicks vapo rub. Cant smell a thing. Its sad.

It’s tragic to think that heroic man’s great destiny is to become economic man, that men will be reduced to craven creatures who crawl across the globe competing for money, who spend their nights dreaming up new ways to swindle each other.

Re: Thank God for Basenotes! A haven from the madness.

It's not a new devil. It is just a purely scientific matter, that's all, no right, no wrong, no intent, no purpose. Just a disease nobody as yet is resilient to.

The news does amplify it all, that's for sure. Big time!

It is selective to be put off by some news stories though, there are shootings left right and centre, people dying as a result of poverty and politics, abuse, murders... in the end, it is in the news a lot, but wanting a distraction from the news is as easy as turning it off. You'd be turning off something that has killed not that many people in the run of things.

There are all sorts of awful things going on all the time that we actually can stop, but don't. Looking away from coronvirus news is just looking away from another type of news that people look away from every single day.

Plus, REMEMBER that covid-19 is just a mild viral illness for most !!!

Re: Thank God for Basenotes! A haven from the madness.

Originally Posted by Schnozmos

It really is a nice reprieve. I still can't believe I'm reading and posting (mostly reading) about fragrances. Totally unexpected new area of interest that only opened up when I happened to stumble upon BN. Big hats off to all the interesting and knowledgable posters.

Fully agreed. As to the comments on ignoring/not ignoring the health issues, some of us might be diverted from other topics. Personally am totally sick of friend A who has endless stories how people are unfair to the president and he is saving us from communist hell, then person B goes on and on how the president is evil and will be showing up at my house to steal my puppy (even if I don't have one). Don't wanna hear it!!! It's nice to spend a little time somewhere rarely political, and where people can disagree in a friendly and civil manner.....

Re: Thank God for Basenotes! A haven from the madness.

Originally Posted by ChuckW

It's a new devil. And the news is only amplifying the hysteria.

I disagree. I believe the situation is going to rapidly deteriorate in the U.S. in the near future. This is serious and we should all be very vigilant about fighting the spread in our own day to day lives.